UP Life

I can't open Plurk. Ugh. Kaya eto, survey na lang muna. :P

[ ] Worried about getting bullied by fratmen or getting killed in a riot.
[ ] Got bullied by fratmen or was killed in a riot.
[ ] Witnessed a riot.
[X] Watched the Oblation Run. *last year lang, first time pa. haha! nakakatawa, as in!
[X] Made friends with a teacher. *sa SLIS pa lang, marami ka nang magiging friend na prof e. at may mga cool prof din sa mga GE subjects na magiging friend mo. :)
[ ] Was tricked as a freshman into attending a rally / prayer meeting.
[X] Wore red or black on one of those wear red or wear black days. *minsan, nagkakataon lang talaga
[ ] Wore red on Valentine’s Day. *never.
[X] Wore black on Valentine's Day. *sorry ah, marami lang talaga akong black na damit e. hehe :P
[ ] Celebrated a birthday at Mang Jimmy's.
[X] Learned UP Naming Mahal. *freshie days
[ ] Was an RA (registration assistant) or SA.
[ ] Lied or begged to an RA for a slot in class.
[X] Participated in a there's-only-one-more-slot-are you-feeling-lucky? *this sem lang, buti na lang walang ibang nakapila. hehe
[ ] Jogged around the campus *walked lang e.
[ ] Visited the Vargas Museum.
[ ] Knew at least one xerox lady, manong, or technician by name.
[ ] Attended university level graduation.
[ ] Got an activist for a teacher.
[ ] Watched a La Salle vs. Ateneo UAAP game.
[ ] Watched a UP vs. any school basketball game.
[X] Studied in CASAA. *kaso ang hirap kasi maingay. at ayoko sa mga gumagawa ng homework and whatnot doon kapag lunch time. err, wala kayang maupuan yung ibang KAKAIN.
[ ] Studied in McDonald's or Jollibee Philcoa for one full night and bought just one regular-sized drink.
[ ] Studied along Katipunan.
[ ] Studied along Katipunan and affected the mannerisms of a stereotypical Atenean.
[X] Watch a play that's not required for Comm III. *though wala naman talaga akong Comm III, gusto ko lang din kasi talaga ang DUP. :)
[X] Went stargazing. *di nga lang sa Observatory..minsan sa Sunken, sa Quezon Hall, at sa Track Oval. :)
[X] Ate in Chocolate Kiss, Tea Room (in CHE) or Chateau Verde. *masarap ang Blueberry Cheesecake, Sansrival, at Qeusadilla sa ChocKiss; maraming masarap sa chateau verde.
[ ] Struck up a conversation with a taong grasa.
[ ] Wrote to/for the Collegian. *pangarap lang..
[ ] Seriously pondered about the identity/ies of the people described in Eksenang Peyups.
[X] Went to the chapel.
[X] Got a pebble stuck in your shoe/slippers while walking in Sunken Garden. *nakakatawa ako noon..hehe
[ ] Cut class with your block to watch a movie.
[ ] Had a Voltes V for a teacher.
[ ] Took a class under Joseph Palis. *gwapo ba siya? chos! :P terror?
[ ] Lied to the transcript lady to get a transcript earlier than the standard 3 months.
[X] Went to a Freshman-only concert. *and went home early. :|
[X] Subsisted on just streetfood (fishballs, half footlongs, kwekwek, squidballs/rolls, mais, dirty ice cream) for a day. *i was on a serious diet that time
[ ] Learned how to smoke. *i'll never try
[ ] Went on an out-of-town trip with blockmates or orgmates. *one of these days (sana)
[X] Fell in love. *nasa UP lang pala..ayiee! :">
[X] Actually read the books you keep borrowing from the lib.
[X] Played cards during your free time. *si Dan kasi..nangbabatman..hehe :P
[ ] Dressed in business attire.
[ ] Sumabit sa jeep.
[ ] Got sung to or sung to someone in class during Valentine's day. *i wish. haha! JK!
[X] Watched the Lantern Parade. *always, I love it! :)
[X] Helped out a total stranger. *freshies, foreigners, and outsiders asking for directions
[ ] Helped out a total stranger because he/she was hot. *ay, sana meron noh? haha! JOKE LANG! :P
[X] Learned to stay awake for more than 24 or 48 hours straight. *kaya ngayon, gising pa ako. :|
[ ] Got bullied by fratmen and feeling cool wannabe people who were actually losers.
[ ] Took Wednesday/Monday and/or Sat classes.
[ ] Volunteered for the Pahinungod. *ha?
[X] Ate "tasteless white sauce" pasta from cock-a-noodle-doo. *sorry ah, pero Gloria's yan.
[X] Got a boyfriend/girlfriend. *hi Dan! :):):)
[X] Took time to read the vandalism in the CR. *madalas 'to sakin. bawat CR na makita kong may vandal..hehe :P
[ ] Watched a sexy art film for any GE class.
[ ] Got held up or pickpocketed.
[X] Felt depressed because you were not as good academically as you were in high school. *parang ngayon..hay..:(
[X] Did a last minute paper. *badtrip lang minsan kasi kung ano yung pinaghandaan mo ng matagal, yun yung mababa..madalas, mataas ang paper ko pag crammed. pero di ko naman hobby yun, ang hirap kaya mag-cram.
[ ] Had spent a lot for 1x1 ID pictures. *salamat SC. hehe
[X] Got exempted from final exams.
[ ] Got exempted from a final exam but still took it.
[ ] Attended a varsity pep rally.
[ ] Watched LIVE AIDS, Androgyny, Maskipaps or any well-known variety show.
[ ] Got into at least one (org- or council-sponsored) adventure race.
[X] Knew where the best restrooms are on campus. *Econ, BA, CAL
[X] Joined an org.
[X] Allowed yourself to make mistakes.
[ ] Went to the gym in spite of having no PE class just to ogle varsity players/cute boys.
[X] Took summer classes.
[X] Admired the Oblation.
[X] Made a video for a project. *madalas
[X] Had a crush on a teacher.
[ ] Had a teacher who had a crush on/tried to court you.
[ ] Attended your ROTC Bivouac.
[ ] Faked sickness to get an absence excused.
[ ] Got your car scratched by one of those "Kuya bantayan ko kotse niyo" kids.
[ ] Took a PE class where you had to pay for tuition.
[X] Went to school in your crappiest yet most comfy clothes. *pag yung tipong DADAAN lang talaga ako sa school para magpasa ng paper and stuff like that, tapos uwi agad.
[ ] Learned how to use the Bayantel pay phones.
[X] Participated in school activities.
[ ] Caught the UP Pep Tryouts.
[X] Dated someone from UP.
[X] Rode an IKOT and TOKI.
[X] Found a tambayan.
[X] Went drinking at Sarah's.
[ ] Learned how to beg for a higher grade.
[X] Used your 6 allowable absences wisely.
[ ] Lived in a dorm. and a boarding house
[ ] Volunteered to be beadle or go-to guy for your group/class.
[X] Had the worst schedule. *marathon of classes or loooong break times
[ ] Realized that there really is just one coconut tree on the sunken garden.
[ ] Not used up all 6 allowable absences.
[ ] Ate in ISSI, Treehouse, Mama Thai's and other more obscure cafeterias.
[ ] Ate food Aristocart-style.
[X] Is active in your org.
[X] Attended an ACLE
[ ] Got as many app forms as you can during the job fair.
[X] Learned how to cram.
[ ] Sold tickets for a play or movie.
[ ] Saved money to Xerox all of your seatmate's notes.
[X] Had accidentally seen a make-out session. *haha! Lantern Parade nun e, sa Sunken Garden, di ko kasi agad napansin dahil madilim..at freshie pa ako nun.
[ ] Slept in class. *bago lang magstart ang class
[X] Finished a homework/assignment/paper in the Shopping Center or Philcoa.
[ ] Had mountains of "unused" sample exams and/or old testaments.
[ ] Resolved to be "better this semester".
[ ] Slept during a test.
[X] Had groupmates from hell.
[X] Learned how to work with groupmates from hell.
[ ] Perfected the art of parking on campus.
[ ] Had a bad encounter with one of the guards on campus.
[X] Developed a love for sisig.
[X] Looked at microfilms in the library or poked through archives.
[X] Reserved a classroom, AVR, etc. for a class or org function.
[X] Attended the UP Fair. *Loverage 3 was crap!
[X] Went to a library other than your own college's to research.
[ ] Lost a perfectly functioning umbrella.
[X] Used consultation hours properly.
[ ] Went to the Guidance Office for real, heart-to-heart guidance.
[X] Went to the infirmary. *first was for physical check-up; second was last sem, visited jen; third was this sem, got sick for 5 days
[ ] Attended class with a hangover.
[ ] Drink beer or alcohol while inside UP grounds.
[X] Walked all the way to Philcoa or Katipunan from UP. *Centennial Kick-off
[ ] Buy frogs from NSRI or a Bio department.
[X] Maxed out on the 6 allowed unexcused absences but DID NOT drop. *mabait ang prof ko nun :)
[X] Got invited or pursued by a sorority or fraternity.
[X] Wore slippers to school.
[ ] Had a professor who smoked in class.
[ ] Got diagnosed by the Infirmary as pregnant or infected with STD

On Valentine's Day

So, now that I have a boyfriend, it isn't Singles' Awareness Day for me anymore; it's Valentine's Day for us--me and Dan. :)

Last year, this was my Feb. 14th blog: My Happy SAD. I was single and, yes, bitter. But now I am happy, just the way I deserve to be. :)

So, how shall I start cheesyness in this blog? Hmm...here...

Since this is our first Valentine's Day, I tried to plan something special. Planning started on the first day of February, I'm not very excited. Kidding. :P I've come up with lots of bright idea but they need a lot of preparation and some budgeting. Unfortunately, I've been very busy the whole two weeks. Also, I ran out of money. :( I know, that's a lame excuse. However, I still came up with "Plan B." On Sunday, February 8th, I made heart-shaped bittersweet chocolates with red chocolate prints on it. Bittersweet/Dark Chocolates are his favorites, actually, our faves! :)

I really do :)

It's not easy to do this but because I love him, I tried my best.

What's great about this chocolates is that it can mean two things, one is that I love him, and the other one is that he loves me. :)

However, we both know that we will not be able to spend our first Valentine's Day together. February 14th is also my lola's birthday and I, together with my family and relatives, have go to Pampanga. So we--Dan and I--planned to have a pre-valentine date/s instead. :)

February 11th, Wednesday, PBA Cup's Finals. He really wanted to watch this on Araneta Coliseum. After my classes, 2:30pm, we decided to go there. But we dropped at Gilmore first because he has stuff to buy there. By 4:00pm, we were in Cubao, unfortunately, tickets are already sold out except for "standing." Since he doesn't want that, we went to Gateway, had dinner, watched a movie, and played at Timezone instead.

He's really sad. :(

But I'm here to make him happy. :)

His "takaw" pic. :P

My turn for the "takaw" pic. :))

Movie tickets of "Marley and Me." We both enjoyed and love the movie, except that he wished, Marley's a cat. Hehe.

At Timezone, he's good at drums, I'm not. He got lucky at Deal or No Deal, I did not. He's also good in playing Tekken, I am not (yet). He taught me to play basketball, I screwed a bit. Haha! Anyways, we enjoyed playing together. :)

February 13th, Friday, woke up very early, tried to look my best / made myself beautiful (haha). 6:00 am, I was calling him but he's not answering it, obviously, he's still asleep. 7:00 am, he texted me, I called him again and told him to get up and get ready because I'm on my way and we will have breakfast at McDonald's Philcoa. He sounded happy and amused; of course, he didn't expected something like that, oh, for some reasons, he'll never expect that from me. Hehe. Because I know that it took him at least an hour to bathe and gussy up, I waited for an hour before leaving. At about 9:00 am, I was already at McDo but he's still not there. He came after 10 minutes, then we ordered our food. And then, he left, I thought that he's just looking for honey at the counter; but when he showed up, he has a honey AND a pink long-stemmed rose in his hands. *blush*

I love pink and I love rose. I really love it! :)

Cheers to more Valentine's Day to come for us! :)

By 10:00 am, we're at SLIS, we manned the LovapaLISSA Booth, and had our lunch there.

Sir Igor took this pic. Thanks, sir! :)

From 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, I was at my classes. After all my classes, I went at Educ Lib to help him in his data gathering for his thesis. Then we went to Sunken Garden to hang out with Marj, Von, Hazel, and Charm. We also had food trip with them: grilled sweet corn, quail eggs/kwek-kwek, and dirty ice cream. :D They left at around 9:00 pm.

Charm and Hazel

Marj and Von

Dan and me

And because we both have our laptop with us, we've decided to leave it at his boarding house for the mean time and get it when we have to go home. Then, we went to Ate Amy's kiosk to eat pancit canton. Hehe. :D Afterwards, we've decided to go inside the fair since we really have tickets for the Loverage 3. By 11:00 pm, the line was still long and almost not moving because there's still a lot of people inside and they can't accommodate more of that. 12:00 am we were still outside, the fireworks display began.

The fireworks was okay. Sorry, but I did expect more than that. It's not that bad to expect more, is it? Oh well, we have different points of view. :)

After that, Bamboo was on the stage and we were still outside! :| Then some of the people outside, we call them JJs (jumping jologs), started to throw rocks inside the fair and in the fence. They really wanted to break in and no one was able to stop them. Okay, enough said, I don't want to rant about it here. We were able to get inside by 12:15 am. We strolled around the fair ground and saw some friends. I was not able to take more pictures when we were inside because my camera's battery got empty. At 1:00 am, the organizers' cancelled the concert because of the unstoppable intrusion by the JJs outside. By then, there's still a lot of people inside, but I've insisted to go out and go home. There's no more jeepneys inside the campus and it's hard to fetch a cab; my feet really hurt and I was so tired and sleepy. We stopped and took some rest from walking at the Eng'g Steps. 2:00 am, we decided to go back to his boarding house to get my stuff and then he took me home.

When we reached my house, I gave him my valentine gift, the chocolates that I've made. :) Although he's not that totally surprised, because my sister is such a big mouth to tell him that I've made chocolates for him, he's still happy with what I gave him. :) BTW, my two sisters went to Pampanga already, without me. :( Which means I can spend my Valentine's day here. However, Dan has to go home already to Laguna with his brother, who attended the fair last night. Yeah, we still can't be together on our first Valentine's Day. :( But it's fine, we're able to be together from 12:00 am to 2:00 am of February 14th. :)

Got up from bed at around 11:00 am. Wasn't able to attend LISSA's rummage sale, sorry guys. I know, my "sorry" can't do anything and I don't think I have a valid reason for not attending, but I'm really sorry.

So, what am I doing this Valentine's Day? I am watching House! Hehe. :D

Hey Dan! I love you so much! I want to tell you a lot of stuff here, but nevermind, I'll tell it to you personally when we meet again. :) I miss you a lot! xoxo

LIS Congress 2009

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Friday the 13th

Here I am, welcoming the luckiest day of the year. Thinking of wonderful memories it might give me. Hoping for the best.

However, I wonder why I have to go downstairs and enjoy five-minute CR break twice. As far as I can remember, I've eaten nothing that will cause me this.





Okay, I'm just being sarcastic, again.





Did I just said it's Friday the 13th today? Oh my! *sarcasm is my nature* Anyway, I don't want to google it's origin for now. Maybe later, or tomorrow, or never. Kidding. Yeah, maybe later, after I finish what I'm suppose to do right now rather than blogging, writing on my journal, plurking, playing Pet Society at Facebook, watching House, playing The Sims 2, playing Farm Frenzy 2 and sleeping. Okay, I was joking. Actually, no, because it's not funny. I'm just blogging, exclude the rest.

I'm not really superstitious, but please, I can't afford to have a bad day today. Though I have a marathon of classes from 1-7pm, I have to, want to, and will enjoy the Loverage 3 with Dan later. I won't be here tomorrow, which means we will not be able to spend our first Valentine's day together. :( So please, I want to be happy! :D And yeah, this LBM is enough to be unlucky. Ugh.